Supply Chain Analysis

Carolina Supply Chain Services, a division of CLS, an Inmar company provides these supply chain solutions. The following solutions can be performed at all points within the supply chain, both domestically and internationally. Many trading partners choose to develop collaborative studies in an effort to work together to more effectively affect change within their supply chains.

Package Condition Analysis - Performance studies that provide directional information by collecting package condition reason codes on products with high incidences of damage or returns.

Process Flow Mapping - Performance studies that result in a comprehensive, detailed overview of product movement, from production to retail shelf placement, used to determine opportunities for improved handling practices.

Manufacturing Plant Score Carding - Performance studies that reports individual manufacturing plant compliance with supply chain best practices and ranks them against peers in an effort to encourage quality improvements.

Distribution Center Delivery Accuracy - Performance studies that mirror shipments to reflect the perspective of your trading partner. These are performed at all points within the supply chain where shipments are received in an effort to understand opportunities for shipment improvements.

Shipment & Unit Load Accuracy Assessment - Performance studies that validate the shipment building processes to determine if the proper characteristics are in place to ensure accurate loading of products and quantities as well as to examine the integrity of unit load components for stretchwrap use, pallet quality and fit.

Distribution Center Handling Assessment - Performance studies that examine for damage or package construction issues within randomly selected "ready to ship" cases and trays at key storage and staging points to determine the root cause of the less than perfect product.

Retail Store Quality Shelf Assessment - Performance studies that create shelf profiling by collecting information on product condition, shelf position, price, and remaining shelf life as a opportunity to examine retail store handling and display characteristics and the impact on how consumers view your products.

Product Integrity Assessment-Counterfeit & Diversion - A three prong solution set that includes proactive monitoring system to help identify and capture incidences of counterfeit or diverted products, targeted investigations and recoveries,  and testing, processing and disposal of counterfeit products to help you ensure the integrity of your product.

Information Intelligence & Supply Chain Consulting - Our solutions include a mix of expert consultants, skilled supply chain analysts in the field and a web-based business intelligence tool that assists you in study development, project management and data analysis. This combination of resources helps identify those actions needed to improve your supply chain efficiency and effectiveness.

If you'd like to learn more about any of these solutions, please contact us and an Inmar representative will follow up with you.